STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3042

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 77

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 77 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO ASSIST THE COMPLEX AREAS IN CREATING ENDOWMENTS TO BENEFIT HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education and Department of Education to establish a statewide resource development program to assist the complex areas in creating endowments to benefit the public schools.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and IMUAlliance.

     Your Committee finds that all of Hawaii's public schools could benefit from the establishment of a statewide program to create endowments.  Groups such as the Hilo High Foundation, Farrington Foundation, and Ko‘olauloa Education Alliance Corporation have been extremely successful in providing financial assistance to the schools in their communities.  This measure encourages the Board of Education and Department of Education to collaborate with these organizations to see how other schools can create and benefit from similar endowment programs.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing all references to Kahuku.org in the measure to Ko‘olauloa Education Alliance Corporation to more accurately reflect the nonprofit group that assists Kahuku High School.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 77, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 77, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair